UtechSmart USB C Hub, 12 in 1 USB C Laptop Adapter

The one year edit: This device has continued to perform flawlessly, to the point where I recommended this to another team member in Ireland. She loves it to the point where she's telling her team about it. Accidental out-of-box failures aside, if you need a reasonably priced docking station, absolutely get this - just know that you can only have a maximum of 3 screens. Like many of those who were fortunate enough to work remotely during the pandemic, I worked from home for over a year. While working remotely, my laptop was upgraded and I was given an amazing docking station (charged the laptop, just had to plug in the USB-C port, plenty of monitor port options, a good number of USB ports). We're now entering a hybrid phase, which means I'm working Tuesdays and Thursdays in the office. Management announced that no new equipment purchases would be approved. I'm not complaining at all! My amazing job let me work from home forever, I saved on gas and insurance, I got to KEEP MY JOB. But dragging that docking station back and forth, well, that was kind of extra. A coworker gave me this listing and I decided to give it a shot. This was around Prime day, the device cost me $70. An actual second docking station would have cost me $250-$300 (I looked). Yeah, I kept my job and all, but I don't have like TESLA money or anything to be buying a docking station like that. I'll go with the bad first, detracts nothing from the rating, but I hope that telling you this will help you be prepared: It gets hot. Not like setting things on fire hot, but after a 10 hour day, I began to get worried. My home didn't burn down though, and I have a monitor base to rest it on the corner of for a little extra airflow, so yay for not dying of immolation in my sleep. The USB-C port that you can plug a charger into, as far as I can see, is worthless. There isn't a lot of documentation or information in the Q&A section, but from what I can tell, plugging the USB-C in to a power port does 2 things: Gives a little 'oomph' to charging anything except your laptop, and makes the device even hotter. I abandoned this connection after 2 hours and just plugged my laptop's mobile charger in. Not a huge issue for me personally, as I don't use this device to charge devices, and it's still just one plug for the laptop charger. HDMI only. If you have a monitor with DisplayPort, you'll either need an HDMI cable, or a DP > HDMI adapter. You've been warned. It has 3 HDMI ports, but max monitor support is 3. So you can't have 3 HDMI monitors plus your laptop screen. You can have 2 monitors and the laptop screen, or 3 monitors and no laptop screen. I've grown so accustomed to 3 screens (2 monitors and a laptop) that I've been mulling over a 4th screen. Not happening with this device. All minor gripes. Now for the good part: SO TINY!!!! My OEM docking station is a 6x6x4 cuboid with its own power cable and a big rectangular whatever-it-is that lets you then plug into an outlet. This thing is smaller than a lot of TV remotes (not including smart TV remotes) I've had. TINY!!! Ports for days! I think this device has more ports than the OEM dock (maybe like 1 more USB port, but more is more). I like knowing the ports are there even though I only use 1 for the wireless dongle for my mouse and keyboard. Because some might say less is more, but in this case, more is more, am I right?? HDMI Ports: You have 2 right next to each other and one on the small end. Depending on your end connector, you won't have to try to wedge 2 of them in right next to each other. All in all, between the money I saved and the functionality I preserved, there are 0 regrets with this purchase. There were some birth pangs when I first got it, and yeah, I have to plug in 2 things to the laptop rather than just 1, but if anything, that adds another star to this device and detracts a half star from my employer.

This dock supports three monitors, has an ethernet port and USB, just what I needed. I had difficulty understanding what is the difference between USB C 3.0 and USB C 3.1, so one of my laptops only supports two monitors. Tech support was accurate with their answers and responded very well to my inquiries. Their English language was pretty good. I mostly use my setup for work, better than the setup I have at work. I use AutoCAD, Fusion360, Office, Acrobat, browsers and some fairly obscure programming packages for industrial controls. This dock is excellent for all these. I sometimes stretch the CAD tools across three monitors, where I no longer need to zoom or pan so much, just work. The only thing better would be an 8K display that is 36" across. But then I wouldn't have the benefit of separate monitors, where I can have email, Word and Acrobat all visible on their own displays. So this is the setup I enjoy and this dock makes that possible. I also play a little video game called slither.io, where I spread the browser across three screens. While the video is synchronized across them, gameplay is possible, but a bit sluggish as compared to the screen on the laptop. Buyer beware: make sure your laptop is USBC3.1 and you have enough video graphics memory to support four monitors (4gb I think). My Yoga900 did not but my two ThinkPads do have enough memory. I am pleased with this dock because it is small, does not need a power supply, has gigabit ethernet and works perfectly with Windows 10 home and Pro.

I ordered this product to help streamline my cable situation at home. I have a personal laptop (Microsoft Surface Laptop 3) and a separate laptop for work (Dell Latitude 5490). I have two external AOC displays that I've been connecting/disconnecting to my work laptop via HDMI and VGA, but that process was annoying and cluttered my desk. Additionally, my personal laptop only has two ports (USB-C and USB 3.0) so I had no way of connecting my laptop to my displays. I now have both displays connected to the docking station via HDMI. I also have an ethernet cable connected and USB mouse dongle (which is nice because I can use the same mouse for both machines effortlessly). So far, everything has worked with a couple exceptions: 1) Passthrough power does not seem to work for my Latitude 5490. It could be that I'm using a 40W wall charger, it might not be compatible, or it just might not work. I use a Dell D6000 dock at work and have no issues with passthrough charging. I haven't tried it with my SL3 yet. 2) I had some issues with screen resolution on one of my external displays when I hooked up my Dell (no issues with SL3). One of the displays looked like it was zoomed it, which was really annoying. I tried adjusting the resolution, but wasn't having any luck. I was able to fix the issue by setting the problem display as the primary and then changing the resolution of that display. Then I changed the primary display back to the laptop display and everything was good. I haven't had to do that again since fixing it. 3) The dock does run noticeably warm. I wouldn't say I'm concerned about it, but it's worth noting if you're paranoid about that kind of stuff. Overall, I'm happy. It's a good amount of features for a reasonable price. I'll update if anything changes.

I've been using one of these docking stations for several years to connect my work laptop to a KVM I share with my personal laptop. It's not easy to find a docking station that provides 3 HDMI ports. I have recently switched my personal laptop to one of these as well. They seem to perform better than most of the higher priced powered docking stations. I have 3 24" monitors going through a KVM, from there to two docking stations for the two laptops. I didn't want anything with power distribution back to the laptops because neither support it. I also did not want a bunch of extraneous DisplayPorts that I wasn't going to use. Many of the other docking stations I tried would not allow me to use the 3 external screens at the same time as the laptop screen. At least one of the screens duplicated another. However, this docking station allows me to have the three external screens and the internal laptop screen in use at the same time (though I rarely have the laptop open) with no problems/duplication. Games are running smoothly with no drop-outs or frame rate loss. When I'm compiling videos, the heavy internal GPU utilization doesn't affect the external screens at all. Overall, this is the best triple HDMI monitor docking station I've ever used. Probably going to buy a couple to keep as emergency backups.

Other reviews say this hub would randomly stop working after a few months. I should have listened to them, but I thought the price was worth the gamble. Now I'm out 80-ish bucks and am back at square 1. Bought this item to use with my work-issued HP Elitebook. I work from home so I had it connected in my office to three monitors with the laptop closed. Hub was in use about 8-9 hours a day, five days a week. Overnight and on the weekends, I would shut the computer down and disconnect the hub. Hooked it up for the first time on September 5th. Last day It actually worked for me was December 9th. During that time, I took a full week's worth of vacation so I am not counting those days as having any wear on the device. Also during the time when it was working, there were a few times here and there where the screens would flicker and then lose connection. I was able to solve this by changing the USB port the hub was connected to. Even now as I write this review, I keep trying to connect the hub to either port to see if it will work long enough for a new, better hub to come in. Both ports on my laptop are functioning properly as I am able to connect via USB-C to my ThinkVision monitor.

I bought this hub to split enable use of two additional monitors for a total of 3 with laptop. It does work...mostly. I have recurring issues of the additional monitors not 'engaging' when I come back to my workstation after it has gone to lockscreen mode. To fix, I have to unplug the hub from laptop and plug back in...sometimes 2-3 times for it to recognize the additional monitors. And every once in awhile (not nearly as frequent as issue just documented), the hub will simply black out on one of my monitors. This is problematic because I could be working with a client and I can't have screens tapping out on me. So I gave 3 stars because it does do as advertised - it just doesn't do it well. I'm past my return window so I will eventually try to find something different that will work better for my needs.

I'm an architect gearing up for Work From Home. I looked at a hundred similar products before purchasing this one. There was always something missing, a feature or display limitation. I was looking for a USB-C hub that wouldn't have a huge footprint on my desk. Wanted at least 2 monitors plus the laptop screen, with all 3 unique desktops. Having 4K for versatility and future proofing was nice too. Didn't need any legacy plugs, I've got adapters for all my old monitors. This product fit the bill. So many others had limits on using three separate monitors. Check! Needed six USB ports for keyboard (with 4 blue USB-3), mouse, and things like web cam, external drives, and random USB devices. Check! I wasn't worried about charging my laptop through the hub. It is lightweight, and that's a plus. This is small and light, can take it with me on trips just as a USB hub if nothing else. I wanted to be certain of was that it was true Plug and Play, no drivers needed. I don't have admin rights on the company laptop so installing drivers can be an ordeal. This one needs no drivers. Check! Housing of this device is metal. Attractive but simple design. Comes with a simple cloth travel case. The happy surprise inside the box is this plastic card that says "Watch the video". It took me a minute to figure out it was a USB card, the tab flips out and it opens the product video on YouTube. From that video I got a sense of the personality of this company. They told me how it would work, what to do if anything went wrong, and assured me they provide full refunds and more. It is rare to feel like you are doing business with actual people, but I am an instant fan of UtechSmart. When I ordered the product, I missed that it does not have a speaker/headset jack. I am glad I didn't cancel the order because I love this product and I just don't need more than the one jack already on the laptop. It is hard to find the right headphone jack on these hub/dock products, whether you want split jacks or a unified headset jack. In the end, UtechSmart decided to leave this off and keep the product a little more compact. I think that was a great decision. Too soon to speak to durability of the connectors and plugs, so I didn't rate that. But they boast a lifetime warranty if you register the product in 7 days. If these are the features you want, this is a great product.

Due to recent events, I've been working from home instead of our headquarters office, where we had docking stations with dual monitors for our HP ZBook 15u G5 laptops. As such, I wanted to keep that setup while working remotely and this docking station works perfectly. I only use two of the three HDMI ports, so I have room for another monitor if I ever want. In addition, with a USB-C PD power supply plugged into one of the USB-C ports on the dock, I just need to plug in the single attached USB-C cable into my laptop to charge it and connect the displays, keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals. I was pleasantly surprised that our HP laptops could also be charged over USB-C (keep in mind, though, that the power supply must support Power Delivery; a standard phone charger will not work). I have a 2020 MacBook Pro 13" for my personal laptop, whose power supply I leave connected to the dock to charge either laptop. With the MacBook, however, the dock can only act as a single monitor, effectively splitting the output to all attached monitors. This is clearly described in the description, but I figured I'd note that here in case anyone needed clarification. On Windows, however, I can have up to four different displays total (the laptop's screen itself, and one for each of the three HDMI ports). Even with this slight down side, I'm still very glad that I purchased this dock as it has a nice build quality. I have also used the MicroSD card slot on my MacBook Pro and it worked perfectly.

Using it very effectively to connect two HDMI external monitors, USB printer, keyboard, etc. Very versatile.

worked ok but haven't fully go it it working as my computer isnt up to speed